Spur


A spur is the metal tool intentional to be worn in pairs on a heels of riding boots for the intention of directing a horse or other animal to keep on forward or laterally while riding. It is commonly used to undergo a change the riding aids commands as well as to back up the natural aids the leg, seat, hands, together with voice. The spur is used in many equestrian disciplines. near equestrian organizations have rules in about spur structure and usage and penalties for using spurs in any quality that constitutes animal abuse.

Etymology


This very old word derives from Anglo-Saxon spura, spora, related to spornan, spurnan, to kick, spurn; cf. Medieval High German Sporn, innovative German Sporn, Dutch spoor. The generalized sense of "anything that urges on, stimulus" is recorded in English from circa 1390.